Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of rice field banks and restored habitats in an agricultural area of the Po Plain (Lombardy, Italy)

• Published in: Biodiversity data journal Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. e972 - 29
• Main Authors: Pilon, Nicola, Cardarelli, Elisa, Bogliani, Giuseppe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 11.11.2013
• Subjects: Agriculture; agroecosystem; agroecosystems; biodiversity; Carabidae; Coleoptera; Ecology; Endemic species; Europe; eurytopic species; habitat restoration; Habitats; indigenous species; Insects; Italy; Oryza; paddies; Pain; Pitfall traps; Po plain; Rice; Rice fields; Rivers; summer; Italy; Lombardy Italy; Po plain; rice fields; Carabidae; Italy; habitat restoration; agroecosystem
• ISSN: 1314-2836; 1314-2828; 1314-2828
• DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e972

An entomological investigation was carried out in an agricultural area, mainly rice fields, of the Po river plain, located in the municipalities of Lacchiarella (MI) and Giussago (PV) (Lombardy, Italy). In 2009 and 2010, ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) were sampled along rice field banks and in restored habitats, by means of pitfall traps. The area appeared as species-rich, compared to other anthropogenic habitats in the Po river pain. Most of the collected Carabids were species with a wide distribution in the Paleartic region, eurytopic and common in European agroecosystems. The assemblages were dominated by small-medium, macropterous species, with summer larvae. No endemic species were found. Species with southern distribution, rarely found north of the Po river, were also sampled. Amara littorea is recorded for the first time in Italy.